Now Is the Month of Maying

I haven't blogged a while, but many things have happened this month, some eventful and some not.

For one thing, I've gotten in touch with a friend from the past, Michelle who I knew when I was a student at Barnard more than ten years back. She looked me up out of the blue and saw my wedding registry from two years ago. She initially contacted David whose email was registered with this particular registry. I'm super happy to connect with Michelle again. She used to be a real friend back then. We even went to the Atlanta Olympics together in 1998.
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A lot of the baby related things are getting done on schedule. We were given many things by Shmulik and Tanapa as I posted earlier. We also bought some of the things. People keep offering up to donate their old baby things that we haven't had a chance to indulge ourselves to buy new things! I really want to buy a McClaren Techno XT pram after the initial four months, when the baby needs to lie down flat, are through with a used pram given to us by our dear friends Merav and Amir. Then yesterday someone else volunteered to give us a "like-new" PegPerego pram. I suppose the baby's so small and won't even know the difference, but I can't help myself feeling guilty about piling used items on such a new person. But who can deny free things?
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In the mean while, David was offered a job post in Korea at a university, and turned it down. Then out of the blue a better option turned up, also in Korea, by an old colleague who is now working in Korea. It was a hard decision the first time around, but now we simply don't know what to do. To go or not to go?!
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So far no success was made in locating a special USB cable needed for the Olympus digital camera that I own. It was originally a camera I bought for my dad for his last birthday. Then Mom confiscated it from him and decided to give it (back) to me because he wasn't using it. When the package arrived it came without the USB and AV cables that the instruction says it should. Dad doesn't remember the existence of these items, so I decided to go and buy new ones here. Apparently the type of USB cable Olympus uses is a special kind with five pins instead of six which is standard. It's so frustrating to have a camera ready and not the cable!!
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Yesterday, Yuen and I went to Zara and bought this beautiful flowing dress for me. It's in blue and eggplant prints, and goes all the way to my ankles which is great because I can use some camouflage around my legs at the moment! It's a halter top with wide ribbon to be tied up my neck, and the ribbon is long enough that it flows down to my chest. The chest area is scooped and cut like a bikini top. This caused David to say "You're poring out of there!", but I can't help it. I'm pouring out of most all cloths at this stage. From below the chest it's got lots of folds and simply flows. Too bad I can't show it in a picture alas to the cable! I feel beautifully pregnant in this dress and Yuen assured me that I can wear it "even after you give birth since you will still have some stomach for a while." Great.

The beach in Haifa is heavenly this time of the year. I love so much to go there with Ocean (our dog) for a walk.